Madison Saacke

Photo by: Bill Jarvis

Year:
Senior
Pos.:
C
Hometown:
Los Alamitos, Calif.

2018 (senior season): Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in 49 of 55 games, getting 47 starts ... Started 42 games at catcher, three at first base, two at designated player ... Batted .257, with eight multiple-hit games, five multiple-RBI games ... Drove in 21 runs, scored nine ... Had five extra-base hits, with four doubles and a triple ... Had four multiple-hit games in six-game stretch in March ... Had three hits in 7-0 victory over Bryant at Oregon’s tournament ... Also had three hits in 6-3 victory over Portland State at Big Sky tournament ... Batted .500 in three tournament games, with at least one hit in each ... Drove in three of team’s runs in 16-3 victory over Nevada at Red Desert Classic ... Had a .979 fielding percentage, with six errors in 292 chances.

2017 (junior season): Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 59 games ... Made 57 starts, 44 at catcher, 13 at designated player ... Batted .251, mainly in the No. 6 spot in the lineup ... Hit .274 when playing catcher ... Ranked third on the team with 34 RBIs ... Had 12 extra-base hits, including four home runs ... Batted .357 against left-handed pitching ... Had 11 multiple-hit games, including three three-hit games ... Ranked second on the team with nine multiple-RBI games ... Had eight RBIs in six games at the Grizzly Classic ... Drove in four runs in 10-1 win over Maine, with a three-run double and an RBI groundout ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in 9-2 regular-season win at Weber State ... Had three hits in home wins over Northern Colorado and Idaho State ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Big Sky tournament championship-game win at Weber State ... Had a .992 fielding percentage, with just two errors on more than 260 chances.

2016 (sophomore season): Appeared in 38 games ... Made 34 starts, 30 as designated player ... Batted .355 with 12 multiple-hit games ... Had eight doubles, drove in 22 ... Finished with a .421 slugging percentage and .386 on-base percentage ... Hit .583 with the bases loaded, the best percentage on the team ... Hit .500 as a pinch hitter, .500 against left-handed pitchers, .400 with runners in scoring position ... Matched program record with five hits in come-from-behind 14-13 win at Southern Utah ... Had four consecutive multiple-hit games in mid-March and an eight-game hitting streak that spanned March and April ... Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in 14-9 win over Idaho State, 3-for-6 with five RBIs in two-game home sweep of Carroll ... Had a .950 fielding percentage.

2015 (freshman season): Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference … Played in 34 games, starting 22 … Hit .229 with eight RBIs and four runs scored … Had 16 hits in 70 at-bats with seven walks … Had a .308 on-base percentage … Hit lone home run of the season in the top of the fifth to drive in two runs in Montana’s 3-2 win at Portland State … Had a .962 fielding percentage.

Personal: A 2014 graduate of Los Alamitos High ... The daughter of William and Katrina Saacke ... Has a younger sister, Melinda, and a younger brother, Jalen … A marketing major.